So I'm chilling with my 5year old nephew whose mother (my cousin) passed away last year.
The curious man in me decides to investigate how kids process death. So I ask him, "Do you miss mommy?"
He looks at me and replies, "I do but not much, the last time I saw her was when I slept. She visits me in my dreams"
Some hectic revelation, I was stunned.
I think this highlighted something about the spirit world.
I don't mean to start a theological debate about this but I think there's a lesson here.
I think when there's a physical loss in your life, whether it be a loss of a loved one, or even loss of something you treasure like a job or a relationship ends...the spirit world, immediately makes provision for that.
No actually, I think God has already made provision even before it happens because He knows before it happens.
Kids are able to better adjust against loss because they are younger and their senses are not as developed. Adults take longer to adjust because they are older, they KNOW more, they know they have lost a loved one and so they take longer to appreciate God's provision.
Kids on the other hand LIVE...as a matter of fact they don't understand how much they've lost until they grow older, until they understand 'life' more.
But this encounter with my nephew has just taught me to appreciate God's pre-provision for our loss.
It has just taught me that no matter how much I lose, God has already made provision for me. Provision to comfort me, to fill me, to supply for me both emotionally, spiritually and physically.
I don't know if this makes sense.
Anyway, let me get back to work.
-SGM
